Bobby Wants to Be a "Good Participant," So He Tries

question 25

Multiple Choice

Bobby wants to be a "good participant," so he tries to perform in a way that will impress the experimenter. Bobby is sensitive to the

• A) demand character.
• B) external validity.
• C) internal validity.
• D) experimental demands.

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Definitions:

Stimulus

An external or internal change that influences the activity of a living organism or one of its parts.

Operant Conditioning

A technique of instruction where the potency of a conduct is influenced by rewarding or discouraging it.

Classical Conditioning

A method of pairing in learning where two stimuli are habitually associated; over time, the response originally from the second stimulus comes to be from the first stimulus alone.

Reinforcement

A principle in behavior theory in which a behavior is strengthened or made more likely to occur in the future by consequences that follow it.